I wish someone would re-make this game for modern graphics. The game was easy to play, but it was still engrossing and more complex than typical console flight sims.
Among my favourites games but I think Jane's was a bit biased in favour of the U.S. hardware.
Russian fighters were never a dogfight match for the american ones, Russian bombers could not maneuver for shit while the B-1B and C-17 were more agile than swallows, and european jets (including the Eurofighter) were next to useless compared to their equivalents (only the Rafale was actually good).
For a company that has a very good reputation as an encyclopedic source I was kinda disapointed.
@whatever2981 Since Fighters Anthology does not utilize 3D acceleration, you will have to use a capturing software that is able to capture applications that don't use hardware acceleration. This was the only game I ever needed such a software for, but I have since then forgotten the name of the program I used to capture the scenes for this video. I am sorry I can't help you with this; though you can try finding a similar software by googling for it.
dude, ever since i got rid of my windows 98 and got windows 7 laptop, i'v had withdrawels from this game, no lie, it was the most real (excluding graphics) game EVER!!!!! i wish there was just a new one with better graphics for windows 7.... heh heh, id be busy for a WHILE
Wow. Great vid. Those rear-firing AAMs were a sonuvabitch I remeber. I stopped playing in 2001, but just broke out the game recently to make a couple vids myself. :)
WHo still has a copy of this I want to play it so bad, I remeber back on the pentium 166mhz gettin down in DOS. HA HA took like 10 mins to get it to setup
c:\dos
c;\janes\atf
Soemthing like that, LMAO. well
Doe they still make any Janes series games? I remeber the large books with plane stuff, idk what to call them, I know it was alot cooler then the gay animal ones other ppl had.
fighters anthology, the last good flight sims. now all the flight sims require you to go to real flight school, the developers seem to think the more complicated and true to life the controls are the more we will like it. fuck that, i want to blow shit up without a 400 page manual. if i want to learn to really fly, ill get a sim JUST FOR THAT.
Holy S***. The "Fighters Anthology"? I used to be totally frickin' obsessed with this game when I was a younger kid. In fact, it was my most favorite flying game then, and it still has a place in my heart now.
Hopefully, I can find a decent copy on eBay someday. Thanks for bringing back memories, XTRMNTR2K. I definitely liked this video. In fact, I'm favoriting it right now.
I can relate to your obsession with this game quite well. The prequel - if you want to call it like that - ATF Gold had a very special place in my childhood. Back then (when was it? 1997, I believe) I spotted the game at a shop and thought it had to be awesome. So I saved my money for a while, only to realize my PC won't even install the game because my CD-ROM drive failed to do so. One day, I finally got it to work... and I think I never played a game more often.
@MikeMoneyMiami Was back on XP when I made this video. I'm on Win 7 now, and I have yet to try to get this game running. Since there is an XP patch (if I remember correctly), it SHOULD be possible to run it using the XP virtual machine on Win 7. However, I have not tried and I don't know if this is possible on Vista at all. Sorry.
@SanFran90 man i agree with you this game is the very first flight sim i played and i found a copy on amazon for around 50 to 70 bucks if i remember right
Awesome game! I used to play it for hours on end. Was fun to create your own missions too. I would always create some kind of Cold War scenario where I was flying Russian figthers or bombers against Euro opponents, just to be different...
I have the game but I can't play it anymore it runs too quick on me, Feels sad if anybody know's how to make this game work on Vista correctly like in the video slow like let me know. I miss this game and loves playing the USNF 97 theature best.
I still have Fighters Anthology... I still have ATF Gold too.... Longbow 2, F/A-18 and F-15.. patches and LIBS. ;o) EJECT EJECT EJECT......... ARGGGH ....
Its not playable, but you can select it as an ally. They actually have a good number of choppers in the game. Black hawks, commanchees, sea hawks/kings, hinds, hips, apaches, and a few others that i can't remember.
No, unfortunately not. The only chance of getting this game nowadays is probably eBay, and I suppose people rarely sell such a gem of a game, even if it won't run on their systems anymore :\
@XTRMNTR2K , i have this awesome game! i was obsessed with this game too aboau 6 years!!! creating quick missions and full missions in the editor, reading and watching references and videos of all planes, ships, tanks, etc. my blue CD is fine, i can play it in my PC (windows xp sp3) but my red CD (reference) is ruined! :-(
I am hoping to get this game again, the only problem is that I dont have a old single core proccesor pc any more I have a q6600, Vista 64-bit ultimate and 4GB ram. which If i can make it work with Vista will it run fine or too fast?. Thats my problem =(.
I was in front of my pc for ages when I was playing this game! i still remember it! On of the best combat flight simulators ever.... To me the best! :D
I know!! I wouldn't be surprised if I put in over 1500 hours in this game. I could've been a real fighter pilot by now lol. This game actually inspired me to start taking real flying lessons.
Anybody who wishes to play this game should look into fan-made fixes and patches. It is possible to get older games working with enough attention paid to them by a big enough community. I have to use DXcontrol, for example, to get Jane's F/A-18 working properly (to get rid of lag and banding).
first game i ever played on a comp and its still my fav. month ago i got my old pentium 2 working again so i found a copy on amazon to replace my old game disc and have been playing it even more than i did back in the day - long live FA
You might be able to find a used copy on Amazon, but I don't know. It seemed to have a little trouble on my college computer in 2002- it worked, but it was moving faster than it should have.
And I actually know how to fly choppers and get the atomic moth and quetzalqoatl
TheDuit13 2 months ago
Who stills play I really need and online oponent :)
TheDuit13 2 months ago
II play this on a win 7 gaining comp lol
TheDuit13 2 months ago
I wish someone would re-make this game for modern graphics. The game was easy to play, but it was still engrossing and more complex than typical console flight sims.
FuckYouLetMeLogIn 3 months ago
Wish windows 7 runs this, damn you microshaft
SexyToshi 4 months ago in playlist Fighters Anthology
you could fly pretty much anything in this game, too bad i lost my disks :c
JosephBr0seph 5 months ago
Among my favourites games but I think Jane's was a bit biased in favour of the U.S. hardware.
Russian fighters were never a dogfight match for the american ones, Russian bombers could not maneuver for shit while the B-1B and C-17 were more agile than swallows, and european jets (including the Eurofighter) were next to useless compared to their equivalents (only the Rafale was actually good).
For a company that has a very good reputation as an encyclopedic source I was kinda disapointed.
DINDRAGON 9 months ago
aaah, the good old days :) very cool clip.. How did you even record this? I always got a black screen when recording it...
whatever2981 9 months ago
@whatever2981 Since Fighters Anthology does not utilize 3D acceleration, you will have to use a capturing software that is able to capture applications that don't use hardware acceleration. This was the only game I ever needed such a software for, but I have since then forgotten the name of the program I used to capture the scenes for this video. I am sorry I can't help you with this; though you can try finding a similar software by googling for it.
XTRMNTR2K 9 months ago
My favorite was mig -25 frogfoot and its rockets
danielf17 10 months ago
dude, ever since i got rid of my windows 98 and got windows 7 laptop, i'v had withdrawels from this game, no lie, it was the most real (excluding graphics) game EVER!!!!! i wish there was just a new one with better graphics for windows 7.... heh heh, id be busy for a WHILE
yawnyman 1 year ago
42 MDP!!!!! FA Masters
MasterSun42 1 year ago
hey man! do you know which jane´s planes game run on XP? I want one!. I used to play ATF classic =D
Golfinnder 1 year ago
@Golfinnder I think you can get Jane's USAF to work even under Win 7. Not sure about Fighter's Anthology, though.
Regarding USAF, take a look at Gulf Knight's Air Base - there are mods and fixes for USAF! ww*.gkab.net
XTRMNTR2K 1 year ago
fighters anthology was the fucking SHIT! must have spent hundreds of hours playing it
sethvicious 1 year ago
@sethvicious Yup, same here =D
XTRMNTR2K 1 year ago
s--t I own this game... But I cant find it! One of the most played games when I was younger.
tomaskling 1 year ago
you should show the wonderful artwork the f14 and su27 were
vk45de 1 year ago
Wow. Great vid. Those rear-firing AAMs were a sonuvabitch I remeber. I stopped playing in 2001, but just broke out the game recently to make a couple vids myself. :)
TacairStationHQ 1 year ago
WHo still has a copy of this I want to play it so bad, I remeber back on the pentium 166mhz gettin down in DOS. HA HA took like 10 mins to get it to setup
c:\dos
c;\janes\atf
Soemthing like that, LMAO. well
Doe they still make any Janes series games? I remeber the large books with plane stuff, idk what to call them, I know it was alot cooler then the gay animal ones other ppl had.
killerzracing71 2 years ago
fighters anthology, the last good flight sims. now all the flight sims require you to go to real flight school, the developers seem to think the more complicated and true to life the controls are the more we will like it. fuck that, i want to blow shit up without a 400 page manual. if i want to learn to really fly, ill get a sim JUST FOR THAT.
jros83 2 years ago
Try something from a company called Third Wire. It might be what you are looking for.
ThePowerwise 2 years ago
Holy S***. The "Fighters Anthology"? I used to be totally frickin' obsessed with this game when I was a younger kid. In fact, it was my most favorite flying game then, and it still has a place in my heart now.
Hopefully, I can find a decent copy on eBay someday. Thanks for bringing back memories, XTRMNTR2K. I definitely liked this video. In fact, I'm favoriting it right now.
SanFran90 2 years ago
Hey, thanks for your comment!
I can relate to your obsession with this game quite well. The prequel - if you want to call it like that - ATF Gold had a very special place in my childhood. Back then (when was it? 1997, I believe) I spotted the game at a shop and thought it had to be awesome. So I saved my money for a while, only to realize my PC won't even install the game because my CD-ROM drive failed to do so. One day, I finally got it to work... and I think I never played a game more often.
XTRMNTR2K 2 years ago
@XTRMNTR2K How did you get ATF Gold to work? I WISH I knew how to get it running on Vista. I'd play it all day long.
MikeMoneyMiami 1 year ago
@MikeMoneyMiami Was back on XP when I made this video. I'm on Win 7 now, and I have yet to try to get this game running. Since there is an XP patch (if I remember correctly), it SHOULD be possible to run it using the XP virtual machine on Win 7. However, I have not tried and I don't know if this is possible on Vista at all. Sorry.
XTRMNTR2K 1 year ago
i own this game and if u want it email me
gbtb90 2 years ago
@SanFran90 man i agree with you this game is the very first flight sim i played and i found a copy on amazon for around 50 to 70 bucks if i remember right
darksamuari 1 year ago
This game is a gem... still fly it with my buds.
RafaleC77th 2 years ago
Awesome game! I used to play it for hours on end. Was fun to create your own missions too. I would always create some kind of Cold War scenario where I was flying Russian figthers or bombers against Euro opponents, just to be different...
400SA 2 years ago
if u own it can u tell me how to play online with your buds.and how to connect
gbtb90 2 years ago
i fried my first computer with this game
bjanowski1 2 years ago
The Camera angles were what made this game baddass
bryce2197 2 years ago
i miss this game so much!! my favorite all time!!
lindell005 2 years ago
I have the game but I can't play it anymore it runs too quick on me, Feels sad if anybody know's how to make this game work on Vista correctly like in the video slow like let me know. I miss this game and loves playing the USNF 97 theature best.
Cryton12345 2 years ago
I still have Fighters Anthology... I still have ATF Gold too.... Longbow 2, F/A-18 and F-15.. patches and LIBS. ;o) EJECT EJECT EJECT......... ARGGGH ....
enigma067 2 years ago
I miss this game, I must get it back!!!!
SpywareHater 2 years ago
"The mother of all flight sims!"
I miss this game so much! I first had USNF '97 but had lots of bugs. Then saw Fighters Anthology and had to get it.
Wish I could play it on Vista. But first need to find it!
Who wants to dogfight online??!
guhit1 2 years ago
Is this the ATF?
kf6796 3 years ago
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guhit1 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Fighters Anthology - it says on the title and description! Basically it's a compilation of ATF, ATF - Nato Fighters, and USNF '97.
guhit1 2 years ago
how did u get to fly the helicopter
furitloopsproduction 3 years ago
Its not playable, but you can select it as an ally. They actually have a good number of choppers in the game. Black hawks, commanchees, sea hawks/kings, hinds, hips, apaches, and a few others that i can't remember.
yootubematt 2 years ago
Dammit I hate music in in-game videos :P
It's okay when it's quiet in the background, not blasting over the in-game sounds
Hairysteed 3 years ago 2
So, your point being...?
It's not an ingame video. It's a MUSIC VIDEO. I did not even RECORD any ingame sounds. If you dislike it, don't watch it.
XTRMNTR2K 3 years ago
no point... just ranting in frustration
Hairysteed 3 years ago
do you still own the game?
SpywareHater 2 years ago
No, unfortunately not. The only chance of getting this game nowadays is probably eBay, and I suppose people rarely sell such a gem of a game, even if it won't run on their systems anymore :\
XTRMNTR2K 2 years ago
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robotking34 2 years ago
@XTRMNTR2K , i have this awesome game! i was obsessed with this game too aboau 6 years!!! creating quick missions and full missions in the editor, reading and watching references and videos of all planes, ships, tanks, etc. my blue CD is fine, i can play it in my PC (windows xp sp3) but my red CD (reference) is ruined! :-(
but you can search in the web, like Torrent!
and yes! is gem!
nikosparko 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Or Bittorrent...
robotking34 2 years ago
Damn i miss playing this game online
Arciaga 3 years ago
Haha this game was amazing, I still have that huge box it came in somewhere
PenguinX44 3 years ago
What did you use to capture the video? Everything I try wont for in FA :(
Maverick369th 3 years ago
you know the Aurora? How high have you got in that? I have gotten to 122,000 Ft and Mach 5.1
NearSpace01 3 years ago
looks like the Su-35 has good thrust vectoring, man i got to get this game again
SpywareHater 3 years ago
did this game use cruise missiles, i cannot remember at all.
SpywareHater 3 years ago
janes REMAKE THIS GAME, exactly the same except graphics are better, everything else is perfect!!!!!
Flyinghotpocket 3 years ago
that thing will sell out b4 it gets in stores.
SpywareHater 3 years ago
what an awesome game. it was so far ahead of its time
pineappletoast 3 years ago 4
ever hear of ace combat?
babyjesus93 3 years ago
lacks in amount of fighter jets compared to this game
SpywareHater 3 years ago
Thank god I got a comp to run this again... We may actually get some campaigns running again for FA gents. -S-
RafaleC77th 3 years ago
i just want the game
SpywareHater 3 years ago
this game was epic, i played it for years, bad thing i cant remember where i left it :(
SgtXbox360 3 years ago
I played mine so much the CD cracked.
SpywareHater 3 years ago
i been tryin to rememberhtis game for months it was the best
iamcairnsy 3 years ago
the greatest flight sim of all time! screw LockOn.
micropope 3 years ago
man do me and my boy miss this game. we kicked so much ass it wasn't funny. would be nice to find a few fellaz and get sum coops goin now tho
"mess with the best, die like the rest"
Vortex/Warpath_VVS
odog510 3 years ago 2
lost the game wish i could get a hold of it again
Bl00d72 3 years ago
I dont know if my computer can handle those awesome graphics!
Colten95 3 years ago 2
What software did you use to capture the footage please?
Diabolico77th 3 years ago
I am hoping to get this game again, the only problem is that I dont have a old single core proccesor pc any more I have a q6600, Vista 64-bit ultimate and 4GB ram. which If i can make it work with Vista will it run fine or too fast?. Thats my problem =(.
thunder393 3 years ago
i run it fine with Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 on vista with 6gb ram
immortal4942 3 years ago
I was in front of my pc for ages when I was playing this game! i still remember it! On of the best combat flight simulators ever.... To me the best! :D
SkataKPonos 3 years ago 2
I know!! I wouldn't be surprised if I put in over 1500 hours in this game. I could've been a real fighter pilot by now lol. This game actually inspired me to start taking real flying lessons.
EagleFlight195 3 years ago
Ha brings back memories man and to once top o the line graphics
Redux626 4 years ago 2
Anybody who wishes to play this game should look into fan-made fixes and patches. It is possible to get older games working with enough attention paid to them by a big enough community. I have to use DXcontrol, for example, to get Jane's F/A-18 working properly (to get rid of lag and banding).
Powerw1s3 4 years ago 2
Ther best game!!
jamarico16 4 years ago 6
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People actually still play this???
Kamenolom 4 years ago
I miss this game so much< i will buy it again
SpywareHater 4 years ago 2
first game i ever played on a comp and its still my fav. month ago i got my old pentium 2 working again so i found a copy on amazon to replace my old game disc and have been playing it even more than i did back in the day - long live FA
Aeetos 4 years ago 3
where can I find this game? I dont see to buy, and is impossible to find a download..
merds2 4 years ago
You might be able to find a used copy on Amazon, but I don't know. It seemed to have a little trouble on my college computer in 2002- it worked, but it was moving faster than it should have.
zerstorer335 4 years ago
love this game
smarman 4 years ago 4